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devil “rides upon a fiddle-stick—The,” 1 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 470. A proverbial expression (Steevens cites from Fletcher's Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 4,
“The fiend rides on a fiddle-stick”).

A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.

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